Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Norman Window Frame
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Coins
- George Leeman
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Transport Moves On
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Viking Boot
- New Earswick
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Edward I and York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Hospitium